A Pennsylvania man who lost his toes to frostbite after being stranded overnight in the backcountry has filed a federal lawsuit that accuses an Aspen doctor of negligence and an outfitter of leasing him a snowmobile that was incapable of navigating through deep snow.

Bruce Panczner filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Denver blaming Woody Creek-based Great Western Adventures and physician Dr. Lesley Fraser, who is a general surgeon at Aspen Valley Hospital.

The complaint stems from a February 2016 outing involving Panczner and two other men who tried to snowmobile to the Goodwin-Greene Hut, which is about 12 miles south of Aspen Mountain. But their snowmobiles, which they leased from Western Adventures, got stuck in the deep snow before they reached the hut. After trying to dig out the snowmobiles, the men spent the night in a snow hut before they were rescued.

Rescuers took Panczner to the Aspen hospital for frostbite treatment. Fraser initially told Panczner a particular frostbite treatment that can decrease the likelihood of amputation, if administered within 24 hours, was not available in Aspen or Denver, the suit says. But Panczner researched the issue and learned the treatment was available at the University of Colorado Hospital, the lawsuit says.

After alerting Fraser, Panczner was flown by helicopter to the Denver hospital, but because he was transported after the 24-hour window, “all of the toes and parts of the forefoot on both feet had to be amputated,” the suit says.

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Maybe you've got plans to camp this weekend (just watch out for the mud and, er, snow up there), go for a hike or maybe you just want to lounge by the pool and kick it. Unfortunately, Mother Nature doesn't always necessarily cooperate.